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30 Day finance reports, other state races

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

To complete my tour of the 30 day finance reports, here are the 30 day finance reports from Democratic legislative primaries around the state. Dist Candidate Raised Spent Loans Cash ========================================================== 035 Gus Ruiz 11,047 27,858 25,000 2,067 035 Joseph … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Aaron Barraza, Annie's List, campaign finance reports, Carlos Vasquez, Carol Kent, Chris Turner, Democratic primary, Election 2012, HD101, HD107, HD117, HD125, HD35, HD40, HD74, HD75, HD77, HD90, HD95, Hector Enriquez, Justin Rodriguez, Larry Taylor, Lon Burnam, Marisa Marquez, Mary Gonzalez, Nicole Collier, Paula Pierson, Texas, The Lege, Tina Torres, Toni Rose | 1 Comment

30 day financial reports, Harris County offices

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Candidates for county offices who are in contested primaries are also required to submit 30 day campaign finance reports. I’ve been going through the County Clerk’s campaign finance reports page to collect what’s there; ones for Democratic races are on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Constable, Democratic primary, District Attorney, Election 2012, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Sheriff, Harris County Tax Assessor, judicial races, Republican Party | 6 Comments

30 day reports, Harris County candidates for state office

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

We’re now 26 days out from the May 29 primary, which means more campaign finance reports from candidates for state and county offices who are in contested primaries. I’m going to post about all of these, starting today with reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Al Edwards, Alma Allen, Ann Witt, Borris Miles, campaign finance reports, Dwayne Bohac, Election 2012, Gene Wu, Gilbert Pena, Harris County, HD127, HD129, HD131, HD132, HD133, HD137, HD143, HD144, HD146, HD147, HD149, HD150, Jamaal Smith, Joe Madden, Kevin Risner, Mary Ann Perez, Ray Hill, SBOE, SD11, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Wanda Adams, Whet Smith | Comments Off

March fundraising reports for Congressional candidates

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a roundup of campaign finance reports for Congressional races and candidates of interest. I’ve been collecting links to the reports for contested Democratic races on my 2012 primary pages. Area races Nick Lampson had a typically strong fundraising report, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Anthony Troiani, Armando Villalobos, Barbara Mallory Carawway, Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, CD04, CD06, CD07, CD16, CD20, CD23, CD27, CD30, CD33, CD34, CD35, CD36, Chrysta Castaneda, Ciro Rodriguez, Congress, David Alameel, Democratic primary, Denise Saenz Blanchard, Domingo Garcia, Eddie Berniece Johnson, Election 2012, fundraising, Itamar Gelbman, Joaquin Castro, Joe Barton, Joe Chow, John Culberson, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Mike Jackson, Pete Gallego, Quico Canseco, Ralph Hall, Ramiro Garza, Republican Party, Ronnie McDonald, Rose Meza Harrison, Silvestre Reyes, Steve Salazar, Sylvia Romo, Taj Clayton, Texas, The Campaign for Primary Accountability | 7 Comments

Two modest campaign finance reform suggestions

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

What to do about this? As indicted ex-constable Jack Abercia fights federal corruption and bribery charges brought against him last month, a lack of money for his legal defense isn’t one of his problems. The former Precinct 1 Harris County … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged campaign finance reform, campaign finance reports, Congress, Constable, Election 2004, Election 2008, Harris County, Jack Abercia, Jim Turner, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

January finance reports: Congress and Senate

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

The last batch of finance reports to come in are the federal reports, which for the most part don’t get posted till a full month after they’re due, which in this case was February 1. I’ve created a Google spreadsheet … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Armando Villalobos, Beto O'Rourke, campaign finance reports, CD06, CD10, CD14, CD16, CD20, CD23, CD25, CD27, CD33, CD35, CD36, Ciro Rodriguez, Congress, David Alameel, David Dewhurst, Election 2012, Felicia Harris, James Old, Jim Turner, Joe Barton, Kathleen Hicks, lawsuit, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Michael Truncale, Michael Williams, Mike Jackson, Nick Lampson, Paul Sadler, Pete Gallego, Ramiro Garza, Randy Weber, redistricting, Roger Williams, Rose Meza Harrison, Senate, Silvestre Reyes, Sylvia Romo, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tom Leppert | 5 Comments

January finance reports: Harris County state races

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to county candidates, my 2012 Democratic primary election page has information about state and federal candidates who will be on the ballot in Harris County. There are numerous contested primaries, and while I’m not tracking information about Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Democratic primary, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, Election 2012, Ellen Cohen, Harris County, HD127, HD129, HD131, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD136, HD137, HD144, HD146, HD147, HD150, Martha Wong, Republican Party, Sarah Davis, SBOE, SD11, Senate, The Lege | Comments Off

Non-filers in Harris County races

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

As of today, the following candidates for county offices in Harris County have not filed campaign finance reports with the County Clerk: Candidates for Sheriff Charles Massey El (D) Guy Clark (R, formerly D) Daniel Lemkuil (R) Candidates for HCDE … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Commissioners Court, Constable, Election 2012, Harris County, HCDE, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff | 1 Comment

January finance reports: City of Houston

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, I know, there are no city of Houston elections this year. (Not yet, anyway.) But the candidates and officeholders have to file reports anyway, covering the period from their last report through the end of the year. That period … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Election 2013, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, runoff, Wanda Adams | 3 Comments

January finance reports: Harris County

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

January is a very busy month for campaign finance reports, since they are due for all levels of government. I’ve been busy updating the 2012 Primary Election pages for Harris County and elsewhere in Texas with reports as I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Ann Harris Bennett, campaign finance reports, Charlie Baird, Constable, Democratic primary, District Attorney, Don Sumners, Election 2012, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Sheriff, Harris County Tax Assessor, Mike Anderson, Mike Sullivan, Pat Lykos, Republican Party, Robert Talton, Rosemary Lehmberg, Travis County, Vince Ryan, Zack Fertitta | 1 Comment

Don’t draw broad conclusions from muddled evidence

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I have a number of issues with the analysis presented in this Chron story about what happened in the runoffs and What It All Means. The results illustrate a continuation of a national trend of anger and frustration toward government … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Clarence Bradford, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, red light cameras, Renew Houston, runoff | 4 Comments

Eight day runoff finance reports

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Seven of the eight campaign finance reports for the runoff have been posted; all but Jack Christie’s were available online as of last night. Let’s have a look at them. First up, District A: Candidate Raised Spent Loans Cash on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2011, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff | 5 Comments

Endorsement watch: Byrd for B

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron makes its last endorsement of the 2011 cycle. District B needs effective leadership at City Hall. We believe the lifelong resident and city government veteran Alvin Byrd offers both the experience and knowledge of the district to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, campaign finance reports, District B, Election 2011, endorsements, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, runoff | 2 Comments

Driver’s plea

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

So long, Joe. A humbled Rep. Joe Driver, the Garland Republican who illegally pocketed state travel money, pleaded guilty to felony abuse-of-office charges Tuesday and agreed to five years’ probation. As part of his plea agreement, Driver will get five … Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | Tagged campaign finance reports, Cindy Burkett, Election 2012, HD113, Joe Driver, The Lege | Comments Off

Looking ahead to the runoffs

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The runoff election for the city of Houston will be Saturday, December 10. It’s going to be an extremely low turnout affair – as was the case with the general election, I expect the runoff to have about the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, endorsements, fundraising, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut | 4 Comments

Early voting for city runoffs begins today

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

You remember that we have runoff elections for four Houston City Council positions, right? Well, early voting starts today and runs through next Tuesday, December 6. Here are the early voting locations that will be open for the runoff. Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, early voting, Election 2011, endorsements, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

Driver to take a plea

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Whoa. State Rep. Joe Driver, who candidly acknowledged pocketing taxpayer reimbursements for travel paid by his campaign, will enter a guilty plea on abuse-of-office charges, a third-degree felony, a top prosecutor said Tuesday night. “He is going to plea to … Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | Tagged campaign finance reports, HD113, Joe Driver, Texas, The Lege, Travis County | Comments Off

The 8 day non-filers

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Eight day campaign finance reports were posted on the city website on Monday and Tuesday. As of today, the following candidates do not have an 8 Day report available: Amanda Ullman, Mayor James Partsch-Galvan (*), At Large #1 Elizabeth Perez, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged At Large #5, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Laurie Robinson | 3 Comments

Eight day finance reports, part II

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Finishing what I started… – Fernando Herrera‘s report appeared on Tuesday. He raised $15,835, spent $27,185, and has $242.87 on hand. There were several expenditures on signs and a couple for “Advertising” that didn’t give me much of a clue … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, Bolivar Fraga, campaign finance reports, Dave Wilson, David Robinson, District K, Election 2011, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jack O'Connor, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Kevin Simms, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Mayor, Pat Frazier, Scott Boates | 5 Comments

Eight day reports, part 1

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The eight day finance reports started getting posted on the city’s campaign finance page yesterday. I’m still working through putting them on my 2011 Election page, but here are a few highlights so far: – Next to Mayor Parker, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, Annise Parker, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack O'Connor, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, Patricia Rodriguez, Stephen Costello, Wanda Adams | 8 Comments

Two finance report updates

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Since I’ve made a big deal out of who hasn’t filed their 30 Day campaign finance reports, I am compelled to note that as of October 27, Scott Boates in At Large #1 has now filed his. Eight day reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged At Large #1, At Large #2, Bolivar Fraga, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Scott Boates | 4 Comments

Where are the 30 day reports?

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

On October 11, the vast majority of 30 Day campaign finance reports were posted on the city’s website. Since then, only two new reports (not counting corrected reports) have been posted, with quite a few candidates not filing them at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston | 10 Comments

More 30 day finance reports for City of Houston races

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on yesterday’s report, here are the interesting, odd, and questionable things I’ve seen in the rest of the 30 day campaign finance reports. Mayor Parker raised $469K, spent $526K, and maintained $2.3 million on hand. She appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #5, campaign finance reports, Dave Wilson, District E, District K, Election 2011, Election 2012, Fernando Herrera, Harris County, Harris County Tax Assessor, Houston, Houston City Council, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, Pat Frazier | 1 Comment

30 day finance reports for City of Houston races

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The 30 day campaign finance reports for City of Houston elections were due last week, and they are now mostly up on the city’s campaign finance report website, with a large number showing up today. Already I’m seeing questionable, curious, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, At Large #2, At Large #3, At Large #5, Bolivar Fraga, Brad Batteau, campaign finance reports, District A, District C, District F, District G, District J, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Griff Griffin, Harris County Tax Assessor, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jack O'Connor, Jim Bigham, Laurie Robinson, Mayor, Oliver Pennington, voter registration | 1 Comment

Texas Watchdog followup on HCC reports

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

So after I published those HCC Trustee campaign finance reports, I got an email from Jennifer Peebles of Texas Watchdog, who asked me if I had redacted the files to hide the mailing addresses of the trustees and their donors. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, HCC, Houston, open records, Texas Watchdog | Comments Off

At long last, HCC campaign finance statements

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I had sent an Open Records request to the HCC General Counsel to get copies of July campaign finance reports for all HCC Trustees and candidates. I sent that in on August 10, and the reply I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, HCC, Houston, Houston City Council, Michael Williams | 3 Comments

Mayor Parker campaign finance data

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, in my analyses of the campaign finance reports for July, I skipped over Mayor Parker’s report because it was just too damn big for me to plow through. Well, Sue Davis of the Mayor’s campaign heard my … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Mayor | Comments Off

A closer look at finance reports: Contributions, donations, and memberships

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

When you give money to a political candidate, you’re not just paying for their overhead and campaign-related expenses. You’re also helping to support the causes and candidates that they support. This last post in my series on campaign finance reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council | Comments Off

Boney to run for HCC Trustee

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

We have our first contested race for a non-city of Houston office as former Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Jew Don Boney has announced his candidacy for the HCC Trustee District IV seat. You can see his press release … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Carroll Robinson, Election 2011, HCC, Houston, Houston City Council, Jew Don Boney, Michael Williams, Richard Schechter | 3 Comments

A closer look at finance reports: Spending on consultants

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Now that we’ve looked at who gives to candidates in Houston, let’s take a look at what those candidates spend their money on. Broadly speaking, your main forms of expenditures include overhead (rent, food, office supplies, transportation, webhosting, etc), advertising, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council | 2 Comments

A closer look at finance reports: Elected officials

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to contributions from PACs, there was another class of donor that I thought was worth highlighting: Elected officials and candidates for public office. Basically, the idea is to see who “the establishment” is supporting, to see what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, Garnet Coleman, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Melissa Noriega, Zinetta Burney | Comments Off

A closer look at finance reports: PACs

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Having taken the time to download all of those campaign finance reports for the city of Houston elections, which you can view on my 2011 Election page, I wanted to see what I could learn from all this data. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Jolanda Jones, Mike Sullivan | 5 Comments

Update on HISD and HCC finance reports

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I had mentioned before that it was hard to find campaign finance reports for HISD and HCC Trustees. I now have some updated information about this, so I wanted to share it with you. First, HISD Trustee Anna Eastman (who … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Anna Eastman, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Richard Schechter | Comments Off

The non-filers

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

We are now more than a week beyond the deadline to file campaign finance reports for City of Houston elections. The following candidates for city office have not yet filed a campaign finance report for July: Michael Williams, At Large … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2009, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Joe Edmonds, Kenneth Perkins, Michael Williams, Randy Locke | 2 Comments

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